List of Tulu people

This is a list of notable people who belong to an ethnic Tuluva community and who natively speak Tulu language.[1]

Rulers

Journalists

  • K. K. Shetty freedom fighter (He was the editor of Navayuga for a short period.
  • K Honnayya Shetty Editor of Navayuga Kannada weekly from 1929 to 1974 and editor of monthly magazine Antharanga.
  • Ishwar Daithota journalist editor of Udayavani, Vijaya KarnaTaka

Judiciary and lawyers

  • Kedambadi Jagannath Shetty former Judge of Karnataka High Court

Literature, philosophy, and religion

  • Ku Shi Haridhas Bhat : writer
  • Dr Gururaja Bhat : Historian and writer
  • B A Prabhakar Rai : writer in Tulu and Kannada( Tulu Sahitya Academy award 2015)
  • Dr B Vivek Rai : writer, researcher
  • K Usha P Rai : writer in tulu and Kannada(Karnataka Sahitya Academy award 2020)
  • Dr Indira Hegde: writer researcher

Health care

  • Kedambadi Sadananda Shekha - Plastic Surgeon Founder of Bangalore Hospital and a writer
  • Keambadi Prabhashankar Shekha - Indian American surgeon
  • Shantharam Shetty - Orthopaedic surgeon

Politics

Artists

Film directors and producers

Actors

Music

Science and technology

Sports

Bankers

Business persons

  • B.Govindan, Chairman of Bhima Jewelry Group, Billionaire
  • M.Irvathraya, Former Infosys Sales Manager, Founder Of Refersense, CEO of Trryst, Csuite

War heroes

References

  1. "Tulu speakers to meet in Madikeri on June 12". Mangaloreannews.com. 9 June 2016.
  2. Joe Gonsalves (20 February 2008). "M'lore: Dr Dinkar Rai Conferred Chairmanship of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan". Daijiworld Media Network. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  3. D.P. Satish (29 January 2007). "Shilpa Shetty, Aishwarya Rai – Bunts and Bubblies". CNN-INB. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
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